Effects of air pollution and acid rain on agriculture: an annotated bibliography. Staff report

Technical Report · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:6041627

Barse, J R; Ferguson, W; Whetzel, V

Ozone and sulfur dioxide-gaseous air pollutants--can reduce the yields of key agricultural crops such as soybeans, corn, wheat, citrus fruit, cotton, and peanuts by interfering with plant photosynthesis. In general, the greater the pollutant concentration, the greater the yield reduction. Based on this biological evidence, economists are now estimating dollar impacts of ozone pollution on agriculture. By contrast, evidence on the biological impacts of acid rain on crops, soils, and forests is much less clear, often ambiguous. Some acid rain impacts can be favorable, because rainfall acids contain nitrogen and sulfur--major plant nutrients.

• Research Organization: Economic Research Service, Washington, DC (USA). Natural Resource Economics Div.
• OSTI ID: 6041627
• Report Number(s): PB-86-111630/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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